Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C: FINAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT for Stroud District Council Section 4 Cricket The Set of Needs Assessment documents comprises: Stage B Database Stage C Sections 1 and 2: Introduction and Strategic Context Stage C Section 3: Football Stage C Section 4: Cricket Stage C Section 5: Rugby Stage C Section 6: Hockey Stage C: Section 7: Tennis and Bowls Stage C: Section 8: Key Findings and Issues Report May 2019 1 | P a g e Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket 4 CRICKET 4.1 This section assesses the adequacy of pitches for cricket in Stroud by presenting the following: • An overview of pitch supply • An overview of demand for cricket • The pattern of play of cricket • A review of the capacity and adequacy of current provision, including an understanding of activity at individual sites • The future picture of provision for cricket across Stroud OVERVIEW OF PITCH SUPPLY 4.2 See Table 4.1 below. The letters in the ‘Community Use’ column signify the following, as set out in Sport England’s latest Playing Pitch Strategy Guidance, October 2013. A Available for community use and used B Available for community use and unused C Not available for community use, as matter of policy and practice D Not available as disused. Any sites where sites where pitches were once, but are no longer, marked out and remain undeveloped. Quantity 4.3 There are 41 sites containing cricket pitches in Stroud. This figure includes all known public, private, school and other pitches whether or not they are in secured community use or currently in use. It also includes the cricket pitch at Rockhampton; although the village is not within the Stroud district, their main ground – Boundary Field – lies just within the Stroud district boundary. 4.4 The total pitch provision in Stroud is summarised in Table 4.1. Shared sites refer to where sports in addition to cricket are played at the ground and there is either shared changing, or a winter sport overlaps the cricket outfield. Table 4.2 gives a summary of cricket pitches according to community use. For this Draft Needs Assessment, presentation of results and analysis has been carried out on a cluster basis, as requested by Stroud DC to reflect the Local Plan cluster areas. Each site has a unique reference number, starting with SD (Stroud District) followed by 2 letters denoting the cluster, as follows: BE Berkeley CD Cam/Dursley CF Cotswold Fringe GF Gloucester Fringe SE Severn Vale ST Stonehouse SV Stroud Valleys WO Wotton 2 | P a g e Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket Table 4.1 – Cricket Pitches in Stroud District Cluster Grass Non-turf Community Shared Owner/ Site Ref Site Name wickets wicket use sites Manager Berkeley SDBE.08 Hamfields Leisure Centre Trust D Yes SDBE.21 Oldlands Cricket Club Sports Club 6 A No SDBE.26 Rockhampton Cricket Club Sports Club 10 A No SDBE.29 Slimbridge Recreation Parish 6 A Yes Ground Council SDBE.32 Stone Cricket Club Sports Club 12 1 A No Cam/ Dursley SDCD.05 Dursley RFC, Stinchcombe Sports Club 8 A Yes Stragglers CC SDCD.07 Everlands Ground Sports Club 5 A Yes SDCD.25 Rednock School (off site) Foundation 1 B Yes School SDCD.39 Uley Playing Fields Community 5 A Yes (Shadwell Playing Fields) Organisation SDCD.11 King George V Playing Community 6 A Yes Fields, Nympsfield Organisation Cotswold Fringe SDCF.04 Cranham CC Sports Club 9 A No SDCF.12 King George V Playing Parish D Yes Fields, Bisley Council SDCF.18 Miserden cricket pitch Private 8 A No SDCF.20 Oakridge Recreation Parish 13 A No Ground Council SDCF.23 Painswick Recreation Parish D Yes Ground Council SDCF.24 Painswick RFC and Sports Sports Club 10 A Yes Club, Broadham Field SDCF.28 Sheepscombe CC Sports Club 9 A No Gloucester Fringe 3 | P a g e Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket Cluster Grass Non-turf Community Shared Owner/ Site Ref Site Name wickets wicket use sites Manager SDGF.09 Hardwicke Village Hall Parish D Yes Playing Fields Council SDGF.17 MerryField Sports Club 8 A Yes SDGF.38 Upton Recreation Ground Parish 12 A Yes Council Severn Vale SDSE.36 The Green, Frampton-on- Sports Club 5 A No Severn SDSE.37 The Oatfield, Frampton- Sports Club 8 A Yes on-Severn SDSE.40 Whitminster Pavilion Community 10 A Yes Organisation Stonehouse SDST.13 Kings Stanley Playing Community 12 A Yes Fields Organisation SDST.15 Leonard Stanley Playing Parish D Yes Field Council SDST.22 Owen Harris Memorial Community 5 A Yes Ground Organisation SDST.27 Selsley Cricket Ground Sports Club 1 A No SDST.30 Frocester CC, Pounds Close Sports Club 15 A No SDST.31 Peter's Street, Frocester Sports Club 10 A No SDST.34 Stroud CC Cullimore Sports Club 20 A No Grounds SDST.41 Wycliffe College Private 10 1 A Yes school Stroud Valleys SDSV.01 Archway School Community 2 B Yes school SDSV.02 Beaudesert Park School Private 3 pitches C Yes school SDSV.03 Chalford Sports and Social Sports Club 12 1 A Yes Club (Highfield Sports Ground) SDSV.06 Eastcombe Playing Field Parish 6 A Yes Council SDSV.10 Jubilee Fields Randwick Parish 3 A Yes 4 | P a g e Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket Cluster Grass Non-turf Community Shared Owner/ Site Ref Site Name wickets wicket use sites Manager (Chapel Fields) Council SDSV.16 Marling School Foundation 8 A Yes School SDSV.33 Stratford Court Playing Local D Yes Fields Authority SDSV.35 Stuart Playing Field Community 12 A Yes Organisation Wotton SDWO.14 Kingswood Playing Fields Parish 4 A Yes Council SDWO.19 North Nibley Jubilee Parish 6 A Yes Playing Fields Council SDWO.45 Plus non turf wicket at 1* Katharine Lady Berkeley School, Wotton Table 4.2 Summary of Cricket Pitches in Stroud District Community use of grounds Cricket Artificial Grass Ownership Type Ground wicket Pitch A B C D Community Organisation 18 13 13 5 /Parish Council/LA Sports Club/Private/Trust 18 2 17 17 1 Education (inc private) 6 5 4 2 2 1 TOTALS 42 7 34 33 2 1 6 4.5 Findings for quantity of cricket pitches in Stroud – Key Points: • The only Local Authority owned and managed cricket pitch is Stratford Court, Stroud. No cricket has been played here for the past two seasons. • Stroud has comparatively few artificial non turf wickets • Excluding school pitches, 17 sites are shared with either rugby or football, with implications for the joint management of grounds and potentially restricted seasons for one, or all, sports involved. 5 | P a g e Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket • Marling School, Stroud is the only education establishment recorded so far as having regular, community use of its cricket facilities (and the only state school with a grass wicket). Wycliffe College’s also hosts County Age Group matches on their grass wicket. Quality Scoring of sites 4.6 The score given to the overall pitch quality and shown in Table 4.3 below is based upon Sport England’s playing pitch strategy guidance. There are 5 different elements upon which the assessment rating is based: condition of the cricket outfield, condition of artificial wickets, condition and maintenance of grass wickets, presence of pavilion/changing rooms and the condition of non-turf cricket practice nets. Where a particular element is not present at a site, the score is averaged-out to give a comparable rating for all sites. 4.7 The non-technical site assessment provides a snapshot of pitch quality at one point in time. Evidence on quality has also taken into account the views of the clubs using the pitches and those of the Gloucester Cricket Development Officer. 6 | P a g e Stroud Playing Pitch Strategy Stage C Needs Assessment Report/Final/Section 4/Cricket Table 4.3: Stroud Cricket Pitch Quality Rating Cluster Potential Wickets (AW rating (poor, = artificial standard, Site ref. Site wicket) good) Notes from site audit Summary of club rating & comments Berkeley SDBE.08 Hamfields Leisure Centre Cricket no longer played at this site; condition of pitch to be further investigated SDBE.21 Oldlands Cricket Club 6 Good Well tended site. New pavilion, No club commenting rated good. Portable nets. SDBE.26 Rockhampton Cricket Club 10 Good High quality facility. New nets. Club rate ground and changing Ground nestles just within Stroud facilities as good. 5 new strips DC boundary. Club has second established last year; may be pitch in Rockhampton (outside extended in the future. Other district). Comments relate just to spare land behind existing old nets main pitch. Changing facilities could be levelled and reseeded to good provide second pitch. SDBE.29 Slimbridge Recreation Ground 6 Standard No cut square. Pitch hasn't had Club rate ground as good and much recent play. Poor nets. Good changing as acceptable. Overall changing. pitch quality and maintenance acceptable. Some issues with ground: club say lack of covers due to vandalism, also the sight screens are regularly targeted for vandalism. SDBE.32 Stone Cricket Club 12 Good Grass square; 12 wickets. VQA: Club rate ground and changing AW rated Good. Enclosed site. Good grass. facilities as good with showers and good Poor quality nets. security as adequate.